(OE) Oilfield services and technology company SLB has been awarded three contracts by Petrobras for completion hardware and services for up to 35 subsea wells in the development of Buzios Wave II offshore oil field. The scope of the contract includes SLB’s full bore electric interval control valves and electric subsurface safety valves. The award... Continue Reading →
Saipem Gets Go-Ahead for ExxonMobil’s Guyana Oil Development
(OE) Italian offshore energy services firm Saipem has received authorization to proceed with the execution of works for ExxonMobil’s Whiptail oilfield development project, in the Starbroek block offshore Guyana. The go-ahead from ExxonMobil Guyana Limited has been granted following the final project sanction by the client and its coventurers and to the necessary regulatory clearances.... Continue Reading →
Miko Marine Gets MODEC’s Errea Wittu FPSO Job
(OE) Norwegian company Miko Marine has secured a contract from Offshore Frontier Solutions, a MODEC Group company, for the supply of sea inlet covers for its new floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) Errea Wittu, being built for ExxonMobil. Miko will supply two sea chest covers and two sets of pipe covers. The covers use... Continue Reading →
SBM Offshore Awarded Contracts for ExxonMobil Guyana’s FPSO Jaguar
SBM Offshore is pleased to announce that ExxonMobil Guyana Limited (“EMGL”) has confirmed the award of contracts for the Whiptail development project located in the Stabroek Block in Guyana. Under these contracts, SBM Offshore will construct and install FPSO Jaguar. Ownership will transfer to EMGL prior to the FPSO’s installation in Guyana, and SBM Offshore... Continue Reading →
Petrobras reports oil discovery in ultra-deep waters of the Potiguar Basin
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, informs that it has discovered an accumulation of oil in ultra-deep waters of the Potiguar Basin, in the Anhangá exploratory well, of Concession POT-M-762_R15. The 1-BRSA-1390-RNS (Anhangá) well is located on the coast between Ceará and Rio Grande do Norte, about 190 km from Fortaleza and 250 km from Natal, at... Continue Reading →
Brazil Could Soon Approve SENAI’s 22 MW Pilot Offshore Wind Project in Rio Grande do Norte
(offshoreWind.biz) Brazil’s SENAI Institute for Innovation in Renewable Energies (ISI-ER) expects to receive a licence for a pilot offshore wind project in the state of Rio Grande do Norte in the second half of this year. ISI-ER filed an application with the country’s Institute for the Environment and Natural Resources (IBAMA) at the beginning of... Continue Reading →
Yinson Holds Naming Ceremony for Brazil-Bound ‘Greener’ FPSO
(OE) Yinson Production has held the naming ceremony for FPSO Maria Quitéria which will deployed in at Petrobras’ Jubarte field offshore Brazil. The naming ceremony for the FPSO Maria Quitéria was held at Cosco Shipping Heavy Industry (Shanghai) Shipyard in China on April 3, 2024. FPSO Maria Quitéria is a conversion project with a production... Continue Reading →
Petrobras rejects proposals from BW and Ocyan and cancels tender for new Albacora FPSO
(PN) Petrobras decided to cancel the tender for chartering a new platform ship (FPSO) for the Albacora field, in the Campos Basin. Two companies submitted proposals: Norwegian BW Offshore (US$ 1.2 billion) and Brazilian Ocyan (US$ 1.7 billion). However, after being unsuccessful in negotiations with BW, Petrobras attempted talks with Ocyan – and also failed... Continue Reading →
Six FPSOs at peak production will utilize just 7% of Guyana’s massive carbon sink capacity annually – VP Jagdeo
(OilNow) Even with six floating production, storage and offloading (FPSOs) vessels operating at peak production, Guyana’s oil operations would only utilize 7% of the 150 million tonnes of emissions sequestered by its forests annually. So said Guyana’s Vice President, Bharrat Jagdeo, during a recent press conference. The chief policymaker for the oil sector made this... Continue Reading →
Noble Voyager to Drill Another Well for Petronas Offshore Suriname
Petronas Suriname E&P, a subsidiary of Malaysia’s state-owned energy giant Petronas, has exercised the option for Noble Corporation’s Noble Voyager drillship to drill one additional well offshore Suriname. The 7th generation drillship Noble Voyager will remain a little longer for drilling operation in Block 52 offshore Suriname at a day rate of $470,000. The contract... Continue Reading →